Mindanaotoday.com | MisOcc companies and local offices now work safety conscious
OROQUIETA CITY – A total of seventy-five participants from various establishments, local government units, and City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) representatives of the province were now consciously aware of being occupationally hazard-free during their attendance to the Basic Occupational Safety and Health (BOSH) and Construction Safety and Health (COSH) trainings on at Sinanduloy Function Halls 1 and 2, Tangub City Feb. 6-10.
Ebba Acosta, Department of Labor and Employment-10’s Misamis Occidental provincial field office (Mis. Occ. PFO) chief, said the awareness trainings were in partnership with Tangub Business Club (TBC) in compliance with the 40-hour BOSH COSH trainings.
Acosta said DOLE-10 trained personnel were the resource persons regarding OSH legislation.
BOSH is designed to impart knowledge and skills on basic concepts and principles of occupational safety and health in order to equip participants with the fundamental knowledge and skills for identifying safety, health, and environmental hazards, determining appropriate control measures, and implementing OSH policies and programs.
Moreover, Ozamiz City’s Mindanao Rock Human Resource Officer Erby Medequiso said before the training they had some minor accidents at least once a week in their construction projects, but after the five-day COSH training and implementing its rules and regulations, there were no reported incidents in their ongoing projects.
“We constantly received reports of skin cuts, scratches, and punctured wounds from stepping on a nail. They were minor accidents that should have been avoided if we have trained safety officers,” Medequiso said.
Further, Medequiso said the topics were all vital knowledge in preventing risks and hazards in the surroundings, especially on the hazards they could avoid, and the benefits that employees may claim under the Employees Compensation Commission (ECC).
He said they now recognize the significance of ECC logbooks at their personnel’s work sites.
Other participants hoped to have fewer incidents now and in the coming months after being advocated on OSH standards.
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